Genealogy Sites

JewishGen

Communities DatabaseA database of the myriad towns and cities where our ancestors came from, with geographic data, and links to more information. This is the first place to find your shtetl (small town) and learn about it. Geographical area: General

FTJP (Family Tree of the Jewish People)A database of family trees, individually uploaded by other researchers. Here you can search for specific people, not just surnames. Here you can match generations as well as individuals. If you find a match, you can contact that researcher. Don't forget to upload your own family tree so others can find you!Geographical area: General

JewishGen SIGsA collection of the many specialized research groups within the Jewish Genealogy umbrella. Join the ones which serve your own interests. Geographical area: General

JGFF (JewishGen Family Finder)A database of the surnames and towns being researched by others. Check your own towns and names,to see if anyone else matches. Upload your own places and names,so others can find you.Geographical area: General

KehilaLinks (Look for 'S-C' for Subcarpathian towns)A collection of web pages commemorating the individual shtetls our ancestors grew up in. These pages are volunteer-created, and may have photos, stories, and other bits which 'bring the towns to life'. Geographical area: General

Maps & Gazetteers

1910 Marx's Large world table Atlas and GazetteerMarx's Large world table Atlas is an adaptation of Debe's Atlas, with the placenames converted to Russian, and with the addition of sixteen plates of European Russia, Европейская Россія. This page links to scans of these sixteen plates. Geographical area: General

FEEFHS: Map LibraryPlenty of maps from Europe and Russia including Russian Empire of 1882, 1887, 1902 and 1908Geographical area: General

FHL Standard FinderStandard Finder is a FamilySearch Labs application which provides access to standardized information for names, locations, and dates. These databases are used by several FamilySearch applications to assist researchers in searching for exact spellings as well as for indexers who enter information used for RecordSearch.Geographical area: General

Lemko Ukrainian town indexExtensive alphabetical list of Ukrainian towns, including their oblasts and map locationsGeographical area: General

Topographic Maps of Eastern Europe, an atlas of the ShtetlTopographic Maps of Eastern Europe offers a collection of small and large scale historical maps of the lands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Pale of Jewish Settlement in late Tsarist Russia. Thousands of communities can be found in these images where our ancestors lived and eventually left.Geographical area: General

WWII Aerial Photos and MapsThe web site WWII Aerial Photos and Maps includes pre-WWII Russian topographical maps. These maps are in Russian for parts of Ukraine, mainly those in the north. To access the maps, it is necessary to use this map-based index. Move the page down with the cursor and click on the town or area of interest. Geographical area: General

Online Databases

Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP)The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at Hebrew University in Jerusalem has an extensive town-based collection of documents dating from the late middle ages to the eve of the Holocaust. The Central Archives also has been obtaining from various Archives in Ukraine microfilms of important collections of documents including vital records.Geographical area: General

Ellis Island DatabaseThe first database to include immigration to the United States through Ellis Island. This link will take you to a search form designed by Dr. Stephen Morse, computer whiz, which is easier to use and more flexible than the one provided at the Ellis Island website.Geographical area: General

FHL FamilySearch CatalogThe LDS Family History Library Catalog lists a large number of microfilms important for Jewish genealogy research. It is searchable by town name and by keyword for revision lists (Russian censuses), Jewish vital records, Jewish community documents and more.Geographical area: General

One-Step Search ToolsAfter Dr. Stephen Morse designed a better Ellis Island search form, he realized there was a need for similar access to many databases. This link has all of them.Geographical area: General

Routes to Roots FoundationMiriam Weiner's town-searchable database detailing the Jewish-genealogy-related inventory of many archives in Ukraine. The website contains suggestions for ordering documents from Ukraine Archives. The website also includes inventories for archives in Moldova and Poland. Geographical area: General

Shoah

US Memorial Holocaust Museum (USHMM)The online catalog of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum has 293 documents and lists and many photos that deal with Ukraine Jews during the Holocaust period.Geographical area: General

Yad VashemYad Vashem has more than 1,000 documents, lists, photos and other datasets that deal with Ukraine Jews during the Holocaust period. Their catalog of items can be searched by town name, personal name, and keyword. This is a seriously underused resource.Geographical area: General

Yahad - In UnumA French organization conducting research on the Holocaust by bullets, has identified hundreds of killings sites of Jewish victims murdered during WWII and has recorded more than 1,500 interviews of eyewitnesses (bystanders) of the Shoah in the Ukraine. You can access the video testimonies, photos and archives for each village investigated by town name, by geo-localization and by keyword.Geographical area: General

Yahad Map of Execution Sites of Jewish Holocaust VictimsYahad - In Unum, a French organization conducting research on the Holocaust by bullets, created an interactive map indicating the mass execution sites located by Yahad teams in which the Nazis and their allies murdered Jews in towns and villages throughout Eastern Europe. Each site includes a link to a brief profile and research findings (video testimonies, archives, photos) for each location.Geographical area: General